Very few releases have made a mark on the melodic hardcore scene over the past few years in the way that 2012’s Dear G-d did, putting Being As An Ocean on everyone’s radar regardless of whether they wanted them there or not. After a few line-up changes How We Both Wondrously Perish marks the bands… Read More Being As An Ocean – How We Both Wondrously Perish (Review)
A few more pieces of music that’ve made their way to me over the past two weeks that I wanted to feature. If you’d like to send anything for consideration there are a few ways to do so via my contact page. No Tide – Daydream (EP) I’ve covered a few Take This To… Read More Music Submissions 5: No Tide / Select All Delete Save As / Shellshock Lullaby / Whose Hearts Were His
Transient is an EP born out of frustration with the world surrounding the musicians that created it, and vocalist Dorian Cooke said that the EP was given this name because every time the band tried to find structure and comfort in one location of their lives it transcended to a feeling of discontent and longing… Read More Battleghost – Transient (Review)
Record Store Day has become a big deal over the last few years, and I think it’s fair to say that 2014’s one-day event was the biggest in the events history, which was to be expected. I was speaking to somebody on the day who was saying that a few years ago, if a store… Read More Record Store Day 2014: My Thoughts and Purchases
There’s a brilliant stereotype to pop-punk that exists in 90% of releases from the genre. You get similar themes, with a similar sound, with the same bummed out dude on vocals. Not that any of that’s a bad thing of course, and when you go into a record that openly labels itself pop-punk chances are… Read More Northbound – Death Of A Slug (Review)
I’ve been away for the past week, hence the lack of activity, and in that time there’ve been a few more submissions sent in, the majority of which are featured below. Now that I’m home hopefully I’ll be posting ‘regularly’ again, although unless something relatively big streams this week I’m a little lost until Record… Read More Music Submissions 4: Sinai Vessel / House Olympics / Elenora / Depths / Books On Fate
This is the second time I’ve written this review, and initially I tried to be objective and write about Rented World without dwelling too much on its predecessor, which is arguably the best punk-rock album of the last decade, and one of my favourite records of all time behind The Gaslight Anthem’s The ’59 Sound. I wanted… Read More The Menzingers – Rented World (Review)
I’m beginning to find the entire ‘emo revival’ debate slightly tiresome, but if there was, or is a movement in progress then Two Knights are spearheading it. The bands past releases blew me away, last years A Lot Of Bad Things Have Happened, But We’re Still Here namely, and their debut full-length Shut Up builds… Read More Two Knights – Shut Up (Review)
It seems like bands playing music similar to Life On The Sideline are coming to fruition on an almost daily basis, attempting to strike a chord with fans of older emo-infused punk bands like The Early November. Not that that’s a bad thing, but in a scene that’s becoming increasingly congested it takes a really… Read More Life On The Sideline – Honesty Is A Dying Breed (Review)
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